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    jdancer replied to the thread rhel initrd getting corrupted during import.
    Missing the the '-N/--no-hostonly' option for dracut which loads all drivers for initrd. This is my procedure way back migrating from ESXi to Proxmox...
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    jdancer replied to the thread HPE DL380 GEN9.
    Need to be more specific on installation issues. I have successfully installed Proxmox 9 on Dell PowerEdge R730s (all R730s are updated with latest firmware) which is equivalent to a HPE DL380 GEN9. I did have to enable X2APIC and I/OAT DMA in...
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    jdancer replied to the thread Upgrade 8 to 9 on HP DL360 G7.
    Just did a clean install of my Supermicro home rack server from PVE8 to PVE9. Yeah, I wait until the last minute. No worries, I've been clean installing PVE9 at work on Dell servers since PVE9 came out. Prefer clean installs. Got punked too many...
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    jdancer replied to the thread Dell PowerEdge R640 compatibility.
    Been running latest version of Proxmox on Dell 10/11/12/13/14/15-gen servers without issues. These servers were previously running VMware. Just make sure to run the latest firmware (NIC, BIOS, disk controller, iDRAC, etc, etc). If going to use...
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    jdancer replied to the thread CEPH Performance.
    As they say, it depends on workloads. Ceph is a scale-out solution, more nodes/OSDs = more IOPS. At least you got the right number of nodes and networking correct at the beginning. Been using Ceph Tentacle erasure-coding for some VMs workloads...
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    jdancer replied to the thread New install on Dell R710 - Upgrade PERC 6 to H310 or H730?.
    I have flashed a PERC 6 in a Dell R200 to IT-mode using Broadcom firmware using someone's web blog post. This was awhile ago. 12th-gen Dell PERC controllers (ie, H310) can be flashed to IT-mode per https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html I have...
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    jdancer replied to the thread PVE8 Intel I350-T4 NIC driver issues.
    Hardware that works in both R630 & R640, you can use the R640 firmware for the hardware on the R630. I flashed the firmware using the Dell .BIN file for RHEL & clones.
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    jdancer replied to the thread PVE8 Intel I350-T4 NIC driver issues.
    I use Dell X550/I350 rNDCs (CD2VM) wihout issues in production with the latest 7.x kernel in R630s. BIOS settings enabled options are X2APIC, I/OAT DMA, UEFI, and Secure Boot. I do NOT have SR-IOV enabled. I did flash the Dell version 23.0.0...
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    jdancer replied to the thread Are refurbished laptops reliable enough for a small Proxmox VE homelab?.
    Since Proxmox is Debian with an Ubuntu LTS kernel, it's reliable enough. Have it running on a Dell Latitude 5421 with no issues.
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    jdancer replied to the thread Ceph in 2026 HDD.
    Been migrating Dell VMware clusters running SAS HDDs over to Proxmox Ceph. As you know, Ceph is a scale-out solution. More nodes/OSDs = more IOPS. These Dells are 2U 16-drive bay servers. Use 2 small SAS drives to mirror Proxmox using ZFS...
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    jdancer replied to the thread 4 node cluster with CEPH.
    Been migrating Dell VMware clusters over to Proxmox Ceph clusters. As with VMware, Ceph really, really wants homogeneous hardware, ie, same CPU, memory, storage, storage controller, firmware, networking. While it's true, 3-nodes is the minimum...
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    jdancer replied to the thread Ceph 3-node cluster, VM I/O freeze after node reboot/update.
    If you know you will never expand this 3-node cluster, I suggest using a full-mesh broadcast network. This eliminates a switch and every node will drop packets not addressed to it. Promox has a KB on it at...
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